Recognised as Colour

#99A237

#99A237
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#99A237 is a yellow with RGB values 153, 162, 55 and HSL 65°, 49%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#99A237

RGBrgb(153, 162, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6353, 0.2157

RGB percentages60%, 63.5%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(65, 49.3%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65, 66%, 63.5%)

CMYK5.6%, 0%, 66%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,068,535

CSS custom property--colour: #99A237;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.58:1

Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#665DC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AE9A28no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original

Deuteranopia#AD9C3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A3998Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 14.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.3 Yellow green · ΔE 27.9 Khaki · ΔE 28.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4037A2

Analogous#A27637, #63A237

Triadic#3799A2, #A23799

Split complementary#3763A2, #7637A2

Tetradic#37A276, #4037A2, #A23763

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E5E8BD

Lighter +30%#D6DC96

Lighter +20%#C7CF70

Lighter +10%#B8C24A

Darker −10%#757C2A

Darker −20%#51561D

Darker −30%#2D3010

Darker −40%#090A03

More saturated +25%#B0BD1C

Less saturated −25%#828752

Channel breakdown

R153

G162

B55

Red153 (60%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue65.05°

Saturation (HSL)49.31%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 99 · G A2 · B 37

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